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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kingston upon Thames 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE III.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.
Children suffering from multiple defects, i.e. any combination of the following types of defect:— blindness, deafness, mental defect, epilepsy, active tuberculosis, crippling, heart disease Nil
| Exceptional Children | At Certified Special Schools | At Certified Special Schools | for the partially blind or deaf | At Public Elementary Schools | At other Institutions | At no School or Institution | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Partially Sighted | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Deaf | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Partially Deaf | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mentally Defective (feeble minded) | 1 | — | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
| Epileptic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Physically Defective | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (a) Tuberculosis 1. Pulmonary | _ | — | _ | _ | 2 | 2 |
| 2. Non-pulmonary | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 | |
| (b) Delicate | 26 | — | 12 | 1 | — | 39 |
| (c) Crippled | 10 | — | 16 | 1 | — | 27 |
| (d) Heart Disease | 12 | — | 21 | — | — | 33 |